-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- Is it too soon to make a horror film inspired by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster , in which a vast area of the world was radioactively contaminated following the catastrophic meltdown of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant ?

No , according to Oren Peli .

The `` Paranormal Activity '' writer-director both co-wrote and co-produced this tale of six vacationing twentysomethings who make the egregious error of signing up for an '' extreme tourism '' outing to the Chernobyl-adjacent and long abandoned town of Pripyat . -LRB- Newcomer Bradley Parker directs . -RRB-

Before you can say '' What , was the ballet all sold out ? '' our hero-victims are being menaced , and rapidly thinned out , in an array of ways it does not behoove us to disclose here .

If nowhere near as scary as the original `` Paranormal , '' the result is superior to many of the low-budget terror flicks that have arrived since -LRB- yes , `` The Devil Inside , '' we 're talking about you -RRB- and benefits hugely from Dimitri Diatchenko 's performance as moviedom 's Worst . Tour . Guide . Ever . B --

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`` Chernobyl Diaries '' follows six twentysomethings who visit the long abandoned town of Pripyat

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Our hero-victims are being menaced , and rapidly thinned out

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The result is superior to many of the low-budget terror flicks